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SF Green Film Festival announces lineup

Feb 1, 2012

The San Francisco Green Film Festival, now in its second year, just announced their lineup for this year’s festival. Showing at the San Francisco Film Society Cinema at 1746 Post Street throughout the week of March 1-7, the Green Film Festival is dedicated to...

Happy New Year!

Jan 6, 2012

Dear Friends A new year is a good time to reflect on accomplishments, challenges and to give thanks. To you our clients, a particularly special thank you for choosing Luminalt for your solar system. By choosing Luminalt, you support a local independently owned...

New Employees

Jan 6, 2012

Jim Schwandt, Luminalt’s solar consultant for the Peninsula, came to Luminalt this past July with 25 years of experience in contracting for home and commercial improvement projects. Jim is LEED and Entry Level NABCEP certified. Jim is active in ASID, Build it Green,...

Luminalt gives tour to Union of Concerned Scientists

Dec 8, 2011

As part of the events surrounding the American Geophysical Union conference taking place at Moscone center this week, Luminalt led a tour of theTelegraph Hill Neighborhood Center installation for theUnion of Concerned Scientists, an alliance of more than 250,000...

Jeanine Cotter interviewed on SeaChange Radio

Nov 30, 2011

Alex Wise of SeaChange Radio interviewed Luminalt’s CEO Jeanine Cotter, along with Erica Mackie of non-profit Grid Alternatives, in Solar Power to the People. The segment takes a look at what the two women are doing to spread the benefits of solar and the green...

Green Festival panel highlights role of women in green business

Nov 23, 2011

Luminalt’s CEO Jeanine Cotter spoke at the San Francisco Green Festival on a panel of several other women who are trailblazers in green business. Jeanine, who holds Luminalt’s contractor’s license, spoke of the importance of respecting craftsmanship and labor,...

Luminalt & Asian Neighborhood Design

Nov 22, 2011

Luminalt draws more than half of its installers from local workforce development programs. Jeanine Cotter, Luminalt’s CEO and a member of the Mayor’s Solar Task Force, was instrumental in making hiring programs part of access to San Francisco'sGoSolarSF funds. Asian...

Incentive Calculator

Nov 19, 2011

Wondering what rebates and incentives are available to you? The National Renewable Energy Lab and US Department of Energy have a calculator that can show you what kinds of government programs can bring down the cost for you to install solar, sometimes reducing the...

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